A Milwaukee Fire Department paramedic who lost his job after a controversial video surfaced a few years ago, spoke exclusively with WISN 12 News' Marianne Lyles about how he feels he's been unfairly treated.

Goofing off with another firefighter in a YouTube video in 2009 got Edgar Brooks in trouble. The other firefighter uses derogatory language.

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"I realize I made a mistake, after the fact. I do admit I'm to be held accountable for those actions," Brooks said.

Both men lost their jobs.

"I resigned with the understanding that I had the ability to ask for reinstatement," Brooks said.

The Fire and Police Commission didn't reinstate him.

Brooks has documents he believes show an understanding between the department, union leaders and him to try and get his job back.

After the commission reinstated police Officer Ryan Schoen and then changed their decision after community outcry, there are questions about what happened to Brooks.

"For them to have given that guy his job back is a complete slap in the community's face," said Oshi Adelabu of the Milwaukee Brotherhood of Firefighters.

Adelabu is concerned about the consistency of the commission's decisions.

"They've always picked and chosen who they wanted to punish in certain ways -- whether one would get a lenient punishment or a severe punishment and usually African-Americans have gotten the severe punishment all the way to termination," Adelabu said.

Commission spokesman Mike Tobin told Lyles, "The commission is made up of good people with good intentions."

But the two former fire department employees don't feel the commission represents the community.

"I'm pretty much for having our commissioners, especially for the Fire and Police Commission to mirror our community, to be elected," Brooks said.

Tobin told WISN 12 News the commission cannot revisit Brooks' case because the time limit has passed for him to try and get his job back.